Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...making munitions. The Turks, bowed by the earth's whims, could not help reflecting on the even greater foolishness of man. Some newspaperman in Ankara was reminded of the man in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 who, determined not to let nature's lack of reason upset man's good sense, shaved himself, carefully put studs in a clean shirt, dressed, packed a suitcase, and went out into the quaking city. He had walked half a block down Market Street before some one told him he had no pants...
...their 19. They came suddenly to life and their backs pitched arrowy passes-to the U. S. C. 33, to the 26, to the 19. There Tennessee fumbled. The U. S. C. powerhouse got going again, put over another touchdown. Score: Southern California 14, Tennessee 0. Power had upset precision...
...Leopold believes that his findings are highly significant, that they upset some old notions. Volume I of his study, published last week, covers Hildegard's development to the age of two. Highlights...